Unknown Xbox One Zombie Game Innovating With Kinect

Vultra writes:

"Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson aka Larry Hryb gives new details on how including a Kinect sensor with every Xbox One is giving every developer new canvases to innovate."

[-Foxtrot]

An unknown Zombie game...don't they have Dead Rising 3 as their Zombie franchise.

Wouldn't that game be the one which is able to do this ?

[ProA007]

it's a launch title so I doubt it. And if it was, i don't see why he couldn't just say it. Sounds like an unannounced title to me. Dunno

[JokesOnYou]

"One of the games is working on this concept when it's darker, there may be more zombies on the screen. When you make noise, the zombies will come towards you. So you have to be quiet, in your own room. So if your little brother comes in and makes noise, zombies will come after you."

-I'm pretty sure DR3 devs have talked about a gameplay element similar to this in their game, maybe thats what he's referencing if not its weird cause he speaks as if hes not aware of this when he says "working on this concept"....honestly I wouldn't put too much stock in Major hinting at anything really new or coming, hes not the best source for new info as hes just a PR guy who is better suited for promoting already known content.

Edit
"Xbox One Kinect integration allows zombies to respond to loud noises, bright lights and motion in the real world, along with the ability to grapple zombies and fling them off by shaking the controller."
http://www.polygon.com/2013...

-OK so obviously its not a concept as DR3 zombies respond to "loud" noises.

[ShwankyShpanky]

What the devs specifically say is that you can yell at zombies to get their attention, not that they will necessarily respond to general loud noises in the vicinity.

[Fireseed]

Well seeing as you usually build gameplay elements it would be pretty awkward to saddle Kinect features on to a game with already established mechanics.

[Mystogan]

I'm pretty sure he's talking about dead rising 3. Not some new zombie game.

[sonarus]

i dnt give a fuk if it innovates i am not interested in motion technology. I play games to relax not flail ma arms at a camera so can you not bundle it with every console. Thanks

[JokesOnYou]

Sonarus, Sure they can it just means you shouldn't buy it.

btw this particular news piece is about how kinect will pick up noise causing zombies to come towards you= no flailing involved just sound but thanks for your input. See you on the next kinect thread just to tell us you dont want to "flail ma arms". I'll pretend to be just as shocked that you clicked on yet another kinect thread that you care nothing about just to to us how you feel. lol

[sonarus]

Being honest I'm far more passionate about my hate for kinnect than ps4 rot xbox one. I still hate myself for being suckered into paying 90 bucks to try it out

[mhunterjr]

I'm not sure why you got so many disagrees because dr3 IS the game that does this. They've talked about this feature quite i bit already.

[BallsEye]

Actually it was confirmed that characters from dead rising 3 can call you on your mobile phone, zombies can hear when you are noisy in your room and can see movement. I'm pretty sure he's talking about dr3.

[ShwankyShpanky]

"So if your little brother comes in and makes noise, zombies will come after you."

Wait wait wait... I thought DR3 was supposed to be doing this? I recall it being said that this was something that "could" be done in DR3, and then somewhere along the line the fanboys morphed it into something DR3 "will" do. But Hryb's statement implies that it's a feature for a game still in development, which would imply that it's NOT DR3.

I'm gonna have myself a nice little chuckle if DR3 does not have this feature that so many have hyped as one of the launch game's "immersive gaming experiences only possible with Kinect" (or any USB microphone, but w/e).

P.S. "The AI can say 'hey, I'm talking to you,' because it knows you're not paying attention."

NUads FTW, amirite?

[AridSpider]

If it's Left 4 Dead 3 then prepare my bucket. incoming drool in 3...2..1..

[Pandamobile]

It's not Left 4 Dead 3.

[SpiralTear]

There are many, MANY reasons why it's not Left 4 Dead 3, one of which is that Valve is not at all pleased with Microsoft these days.

[Pandamobile]

Valve aren't really pleased with anyone right now.

[Trekster_Gamer]

Based one the facts you just submitted there is no way it could be lfd3?!?!

[robotgargoyle]

I don't think so either, unfortunately. Maybe DR3 (1st game- zombies were more prevalent/stronger at night) or that new Dying Light game. Unless, a new State of Decay is being readied (which I doubt, since it was just released like two months ago), I'd bet on the formers.

Would love Left 4 Dead 3. Think Valve is anti-Microsoft. Unlikely I'll get to play it if it only comes to PCs and steam machines.

[JackStraw]

the most overrated zombie game ever. yes, give us all more.

not.

[JasonKCK]

Valves games will no longer grace consoles. If you want to play their games get a PC or Steam Box.

[HystericalGamez]

Hopefully this is a new Undead Labs game, seeing they work under Microsoft Studio's. Would be pretty sweet to see Class 4 come out on the Xbone and PC.

[PFFT]

Class4 is in the works for both PC and Xbox. It will be a full on retail and an MMO at that. Cant wait for them to release more info besides that.

[Blaze929]

gotta love zombie games. ish never gets old lol

[Viking_Socrates]

I doubt it's Left 4 dead 3, might be something new which will be interesting.

[Mega24]

Amnesia with Kinect and Oculus Rift would be interesting.

[PFFT]

Its Dead Rising 3. They have said this was one of the features in DR3 before.

*EDIT*

"Another cool Kinect feature is that loud noises in the background can attract zombies. If say a family member of yours was playing Metallica really loudly, the Kinect will pick up this sound and zombies will start advancing towards you in the game."

http://www.justpushstart.co...

There you go!

[AridSpider]

hmm that was in July. Major's acting like this is some big secret. I think it's an additional game otherwise why not just straight up say Dead Rising 3 if it's known?

[sobotz]

New State of Decay maybe? If it's really L4D3, it won't be an exclusive.

[limewax]

Because he's an idiot with more mouth than brains who always talks himself into stupid situations like this. I don't know why you guys even listen to him, he tried to pretend MGS5 was exclusive for crying out loud!

[gameonbro]

lol at the disagrees when it is dead rising 3.

[ShwankyShpanky]

http://n4g.com/news/1372355...

This is exactly what I'm talking about.

The article you linked to has a link to a live interview with DR3 executive producer Josh Bridge. Nowhere in the interview clip does Bridge mention this "zombies hear you through Kinect" function. And even though the article at your link, as well as the note below the interview video, mention the zombies hearing you through Kinect, *neither* of them provide any actual source link confirming such a feature.

If you can provide a source from the studio confirming the feature, please do. Otherwise it looks like a bit of wishful thinking.

Pushing zombies off with a real pushing motion is kind of neat, though.

[Skate-AK]

I am guessing a State of Decay 2 or an upgraded version of the 360 one. Or it is just DR3

[GrandpaSnake]

zombie x

[Ohlmay]

My guess is Dead Rising 3 but it could be UndeadLabs Class4 MMO. Could potentially be an Xbox One exclusive but it will probably come to PC as well, so who knows.

[KingTrash]

It is definitely DR3. He didn't act like it was a big secret. He just wasn't specific on the title. He was just listing some possibilities for Kinect. The coolest thing I heard from a dead rising dev was that you could shove zombies off of your car by actually shoving them off. I haven't heard them mention it in a few months but that would be pretty damn cool.

[obelix01]

I can't say I know to much about kinect other than what I read about. Opinions included. I never bought one this generation but I'm actually glad I will be getting one included with the X1. I may not see much of a gaming need that I can personally see myself using at this time. In the future this may change & I will be glad to know its there. I'm eager to see this implemented.

[AutoCad]

Its not dead rising 3, he clearly said it was a project that was shown behind the scenes and he couldnt talk about the name of the game.in the interview Left 4 Dead came up alot,i wouldnt be surprised thats the game he talking about.

[obelix01]

One of those witch zombies is crying having a fit & she hears you nearby. Only this time she hears you through kinect. Hears you actually breathing. Then she goes crazy. Kinect can also monitor your heart beat. Send a wild horde once your pulse gets to a certain point. Idk kinda getting ahead of myself but I can imagine the possibilities if the kinect can do all its supposed to do.

[Stuntz]

IT IS NOT DR3 you clowns... We already know the features that kinect will offer for DR3. If it was DR3 dont you think they would of just said it i swear you guys need to really learn to use your brains. Plus in the most recent podcast of Major Nelson with Newegg he says "a undisclosed game that i cant talk more about atm a zombie game use kinect very well" Explain to me how the hell that means DR3 when DR3 is a launch game and we know about it?...

[robotgargoyle]

Whatever game utilizes those functionalities of the Kinect, sounds pretty cool regardless.

Hoping for LFD3, expecting Dying Light.

[limewax]

It's DR3. Unless of course they have 2 identical games with identical features.

[Matt666]

Fanboys make me laugh, when the ps3 first game out people where complaining it was too expensive yet Xbox fanboys don't complain about the price of the xbox one mmm I smell hypocritical bias here and don't use the excuse "well it comes with kinect" because its just going be like kinect on the Xbox 360 its going to be popular at first then its going to die down in popularity.

[mhunterjr]

When the ps3 came out, your options were to pay $500 or $600 for a console with a horrible launch lineup, or pay $300 to $400 for a console that had a years worth of catalogue.

At that time, Sony wanted at least $200 bucks more, with, at the time, hardly any games, and none that showed of the power of the console.

These situations are not really similar. Sure the xbox one is a bit more expensive, but we're $200 vs $100. The only question for consumers is whether or not they feel Kinect2 is worth $100.

There is a line of training that says Kinect 2 won't be like Kinect one, because it will have a 100% adoption rate. On 360, Kinect support was risky for developers, because the reach of their game was limited to a small pool of gamers. It's much less risky to incorporate it into games now.

[Matt666]

But why are so may people who hated Sony or the ps3 (for being expensive) suddenly going for the ps4, is it because the Xbox one is too expensive, is it the games or what something must of made them switch.

[TrustyPeasant]

Sounds like Dying Light, Dying light has really dark nights. & you have to be stealthy at night so the zombies can't hear you.

[r21]

I bet its Fortnite

[DanielGearSolid]

buzzwords really tick me off.. "innovate, cutting-edge, unprecedented, visceral, revolutionary, genre defining, game changing" then it turns out to be like any other game

[Iltapalanyymi]

again.

[arbitor365]

if its based around the kinect, I cant wait for it to turn out to be total garbage like blackwater, fable the journey, steel battalion, or star wars kinect

[GraveLord]

HE WAS JUST GIVING AN EXAMPLE OF HOW IT COULD BE USED.

In reality no one will use Kinect. Any way that devs DO use it will be a gimmick. Unnecessary.

Kinect is a joke. Microsoft themselves even know it since they're launching virtually no Kinect games with Xbox One.

[BattleTorn]

The reason they don't is because people like you would probably be complaining even more if they did have a bunch of Kinect games launching for Xbox One.

[ShwankyShpanky]

Brilliant logic.

"They don't have any launch games that highlight their 'innovative,' 'revolutionary,' 'integral,' flagship $100+ bundled accessory because people would complain!"

[BobBelcher]

The Touchpad is a gimmick
Vibration in controllers is a gimmick
and like the kinect.2--- They're useful gimmicks.
Anyone that wouldn't take advantage of an endless amount of commands would be foolish.

You're purposely dumbing yourself down for the sake of being biased. Kinect games are great, but they don't show the kinect's true purpose. It's in non-kinect based games we'll see the kinect's potential come to light.

[MYSTERIO360]

Sounds like dying light to me